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pete williams from our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, thanks. >>> president filled a big job today that does not require congressional approval. he named a veteran of his own staff, his new chief of staff in the white house. dennis mcdonough comes from the foreign policy shop. he has been deputy national security director. his was one of the faces around the table in the situation room during the bin laden raid. he goes back to the senate days with obama. he replaces jack lew, nominated to run the treasury department. >>> mitt romney, who has disappeared from public life since the election, was spotted today having surfaced in washington. he and his wife were saluted by the marriott corporation. his staff did not allow any media at the event. he will also attend the annual bipartisan alfalfa club dinner saturday night. >>> with the president now six days into his second term, a whole lot of republicans across this country are thinking about how things might have turned out differently. especially if the rules for electing president
pete williams from our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, thanks. >>> president filled a big job today that does not require congressional approval. he named a veteran of his own staff, his new chief of staff in the white house. dennis mcdonough comes from the foreign policy shop. he has been deputy national security director. his was one of the faces around the table in the situation room during the bin laden raid. he goes back to the senate days with obama. he replaces jack lew, nominated...
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our report from nbc's pete williams. >> reporter: the "new york times" says hackers have been attacking its computer system for the past four months. even managing to get passwords for individual reporters. the paper says its own security experts and the fbi traced the intrusions to hackers in china who it says were employing techniques associated in the past with hackers from the chinese military. another newspaper, "the wall street journal" says it too was hit by chinese hackers who apparently wanted to monitor its china reporting. no attempt, the journal says, to steal customer data. in beijing, any suggestion that the chinese were involved, quote, irresponsible. but "the times" says the hack attack coincided with a series of stories it posted on its website, which reported that relatives of china's prime minister had amassed a fortune worth several billion dollars through business deals. >> we first noticed the unusual activity on our network shortly after we published our article about the outgoing chinese ruling family. >> reporter: security experts and the fbi say china has been
our report from nbc's pete williams. >> reporter: the "new york times" says hackers have been attacking its computer system for the past four months. even managing to get passwords for individual reporters. the paper says its own security experts and the fbi traced the intrusions to hackers in china who it says were employing techniques associated in the past with hackers from the chinese military. another newspaper, "the wall street journal" says it too was hit by...
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nbc's pete williams broke the story today on twitter and on msnbc. he joins us now with more on this major development of the pete, tell me more. >> they're going to vote next week, the national board of directors. what they say is they'll look at a policy that would end the national band, and end the national requirement that says no bay people can be admitted as either scouts or scout leaders. instead, if this policy is approved, then and it looks like it's going to be, it would be up to every individual scouting organization to decide for itself what policy to have, so you could well have some troops that will admit gale scouts, some that won't. the scouts say it would be up to parents and sponsoring organizations to decide where to send their children. >> do we know why they decided to make this move? >> they haven't said exactly why, but it's pretty clear. there's been a considerable amount of pressure on the boy scouts. you may remember that barack obama and mitt romney during the campaigns said that the scouts could change the policy. there ha
nbc's pete williams broke the story today on twitter and on msnbc. he joins us now with more on this major development of the pete, tell me more. >> they're going to vote next week, the national board of directors. what they say is they'll look at a policy that would end the national band, and end the national requirement that says no bay people can be admitted as either scouts or scout leaders. instead, if this policy is approved, then and it looks like it's going to be, it would be up...
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justice correspondent pete williams has the story. good morning. >> good morning. federal officials are declining to say exactly what's behind the search but the doctor is well-known is south florida. he's been an active political contributor and friend of senator robert menendez, the subject of an ethics complaint. >> reporter: in florida, federal agents hauled away boxes of material tuesday night and witnessed from the office of a west palm beach eye doctor. he and members of his family are big political contributors. records show they've given more than $33,000 in the past 15 years to u.s. senator robert n menendez. >> this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee -- >> reporter: he just took over as chairman of the senate florida relations committee. they appeared at a gala chaired by milgen. the senate ethics committee has received a complaint from a new jersey republican official who complained menendez got rides on a private plane to the dominican republic and elsewhere without disclosing them. >> senator went on flights to dominican republic and fl
justice correspondent pete williams has the story. good morning. >> good morning. federal officials are declining to say exactly what's behind the search but the doctor is well-known is south florida. he's been an active political contributor and friend of senator robert menendez, the subject of an ethics complaint. >> reporter: in florida, federal agents hauled away boxes of material tuesday night and witnessed from the office of a west palm beach eye doctor. he and members of his...
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>> pete williams in washington, thank you. >>> let us get a check of the morning's other top stories with natalie morales over at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. >>> new details this morning are showing how a nightclub in santa maria, brazil, became a death trap. keir simmons is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can see where rescuers smashed the walls of the nightclub to save lives. but they're now asking, why was this the only exit. vigils held overnight for the more than 230 dead. >> i don't wish for anybody the same. >> reporter: survivors say the band set off pyrotechnics, igniting a fire in the ceiling. audrey lost two friends, one she was with in the club that night. >> he goes to the bathroom and 30 seconds later, the smoke, the fire starts. and i don't see him again. >> reporter: she fell to the floor, trampled, but escaped. >> i am very happy i'm here. >> reporter: outside the nightclub, panic. desperate rescues and now questions. >> reporter: are you angry? >> a little bit. i don't know how i feel about thi this, about everything. >> reporter: t
>> pete williams in washington, thank you. >>> let us get a check of the morning's other top stories with natalie morales over at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. >>> new details this morning are showing how a nightclub in santa maria, brazil, became a death trap. keir simmons is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can see where rescuers smashed the walls of the nightclub to save lives. but they're now asking, why was this the only...
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justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> good morning, savannah. the national board of directors to the boy scouts is actively considering a change to the ban of gay scouts and leaders. it is predicted to pass. it would be a fundamental change for an organization that for decades has fought against allowing gays in. considering such a move to be a violation of the scout oath, requiring scouts to be morley straight. if approved, the new policy would end the national ban on gay scouts and scouts leaders and let local troops decide for themselves. in a statement, the boy scouts say members and parents would be able to choose a local unit which best meets the needs of their families. that's welcome news to zack walls, an eagle scout from iowa who told the democratic national convention last summer about being raised by two mothers. >> there's been such a groundswell of local leaders all over the country, who have been calling for an end to the ban because they thought this policy was hurting their local level. it alienates young people. >> reporter: th
justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> good morning, savannah. the national board of directors to the boy scouts is actively considering a change to the ban of gay scouts and leaders. it is predicted to pass. it would be a fundamental change for an organization that for decades has fought against allowing gays in. considering such a move to be a violation of the scout oath, requiring scouts to be morley straight. if approved, the new policy would end the national ban on gay...
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>> pete williams on this story. pete, thank you very much. a former secret service special agent and analyst who worked on president obama's team. evie, nice to see you. >> good morning. >> it's the super bowl for the secret service. >> absolutely. >> when it comes to providing this level of security for this many people, is it the idea to make it as visible as possible or do you somehow want to be in the background to not take away from the pomp and circumstance of the actual event? >> you want to be both. you want to be visible. presence is a deterrence to the bad guys. but you also want to be invisible because you don't want the bad guys to see you. to do proper security, you want both inside and outside. >> for secret service agents, the mindset has to be that this is the day that something could be tried or this is the day that something could happen. you can never allow yourself to fall into a state of calm. >> no, never. whether he's doing this or going around the corner to get starbucks, an impromptu move, you always have to think lik
>> pete williams on this story. pete, thank you very much. a former secret service special agent and analyst who worked on president obama's team. evie, nice to see you. >> good morning. >> it's the super bowl for the secret service. >> absolutely. >> when it comes to providing this level of security for this many people, is it the idea to make it as visible as possible or do you somehow want to be in the background to not take away from the pomp and circumstance...